Stooges and drawfs

My 10-year-old self would be thrilled to know that at the age of 58 I am making miniature pieces and that I am fairy gardening. After all, I use to love to play with my troll dolls and build them little forts out of twigs and paths of stone and hey, look at me now inner child, I'm still doing that. 

Wait...I hope this is a good thing...

 😋😜😛

Since I have 3 dwarfs I have decided to name them after the 3 stooges, it just seems to fit.

"Moe" is standing by the books ("Moe" is the active personality, and if not always dominant, always striving to be. Moe is the one who spurs the others into action. He devises plans to better their lot. ) reading to "Curly" the directions on how to properly lay a pebble path, who you can see is doing all the work. ("Curly" is as creative and active as Moe, but it is a spontaneous and joyous kind of creativity.) "Larry" is hunkered down by the mushrooms not wanting to do anything but to be left alone. (Larry" never initiates action. Were it not for the presence of his friends, Larry probably would live in peace, happy to roam the forest floor.) And last but not least is "Shemp" the snail ( very lovable )

Also known as:
Freudian Trio: Moe is the Superego, Larry's the Ego, and Curly's the Id
Nice Mean And In Between: Moe (Mean), Larry (In-Between) and Curly (Nice). 

Want to find out which stooge you are? Go to this personality test.
I am a strong Moe with a secondary Curly as my personality.

My latest addition as of 1pm this afternoon is a small stack of books perched on the rock. I made the books from Creative Paperclay and then stamped the open book with a small Prima script stamp.

Each book is covered with some small scraps of material and one has a bookmark.

I am entering my little stack of books in:

Mixed Media Monthy Challenge #36 - Put a stamp on it

Woo-woo-woo-woo!

Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!

Gnome love

I admit, I have always resisted gnomes in the garden, and wondered why people were so intrigued by them.
Do you have garden gnomes?

I now have three wee gardens on my balcony...

The first garden was Petal's (the snail) garden, Buttercup the fairy loves to visit her friend there and they spend all day laying on the moss, staring into a mystical ball and telling tall tales about the future.

Next came Meadow's garden, my little fairy artist who loves to paint on her canvases and do art journaling...I think she is my "mini-me"...lol

I admit part of the appeal... for me anyway... about a fairy garden is making my own embellishments. I made the mushroom door, Petal herself and the crystal ball stand for Petal's garden. 

Next came the gypsy style caravan for Meadow's garden plus a few other things that you can see in this video. ( Some things have been changed since last year but you'll get the general idea )

 And now my latest is a "faux stone" gnome house, an idea I got from Pinterest for a fairy house powered by a solar light. I tweaked it a little...but you can check out how I made mine by visiting the ColourArte blog, and while you're there, sprinkle some fairy dust around for me so I know you visited...

please and thank you!

I guess the other part of the appeal is just a childhood fascination for all things miniature, probably Tinkerbell began that fantasy and well, there are some things we just don't outgrow, lol

Fairy Caravan

Wow, I have been slaving away, painting and building a "fairy caravan" for Meadow's garden, and yes, I do name my fairies. 😜 I removed her old weathered house and replaced it with this gypsy style caravan. You can watch a short slide show of what Meadow's old garden looked like here, personally, I think this new garden is much better!

I cut and glued on popsicle sticks to a carton... 

( I think I have the rounded tips to the popsicle sticks that I cut off lying around my craft room somewhere, everywhere ...those little suckers just fly off!! Wear eye protection when cutting them off, one flew off and hit me on the cheek and boy did that smart!! )

 ...and then painted it with a combination of Tattered Angels in Navy Blue and gesso through the April StencilGirl club stencil designed by Jennifer Evans. 

It's cool to note that gesso and Tattered Angel's navy blue produces an aqua colored blue...weird, but the proof is in the pudding...errrr...paint!

I love the back ♥ and the rhinestone wheels covered with Buckle Boutiques clear diamond sticker sheets. I mean fairies without bling is like ... boring!

A little detail from above...pretend you are a fairy flying over, go ahead...imagine...I won't tell :)

The pièce de résistance for me was the door and the steps, I love how it came out, especially those steps. I wasn't sure how I was going to make them but it came to me while I was in bed almost asleep, and you guessed it...out I came in my nightie to the craft room to make them! lol 

Have you done that? I know you have!

I added some other small items new to her garden like the pot of flowers I made and I had to buy new plants so I am trying out some miniature Pennywort and will see how they hold up.

and I purchased a small water fountain...

And the observant fairy might notice the string of solar powered lights surrounding her garden, I also have some tucked away inside the caravan and I can't wait to see how they look at night. I hope we get some sunshine today to power them up, we have had like 3 days of rain here, great for Sandee's garden but not so great for the fairy garden, lol

If you like to fairy garden and want to show off yours 

or just like looking at what others are doing then

feel free to join us on my Facebook Fairy Garden Art page.

Entering Meadows gypsy style caravan in

Paint Party Friday

and don't forget to leave a comment here for the  #SGPCCBmatchup, you have to the end of April to win!!

in love with my Fairy Garden

Yes, I admit it, I am! I love making little things to go in their gardens...did I mention I have more than one Fairy Garden? lol Well, I do! I finally stopped fighting my shady balcony and succumbed to the fairy garden mania. I think designing the miniature accessories remind me being a child again and making furniture for my dollhouses out of matchboxes. They do say that the older you get you start reverting back to your childhood! oh my! lol

So today I made a mushroom door for Petal's garden ( Heaven help me, I am even naming them! ) and I'll give you a sneak peak at what it looks like at night. I bought these tiny fairy lights which are solar powered and they are so cute! So if you are nuts for Fairy Gardens then I hope you pop on over to the Creative Paperclay blog and check me out. Would love to hear from some fellow Fairy Garden nuts...errr....you know what I mean!

Petal is the purple snail by the way....:)

Friendship

I love my friends and I really love how they become involved with me on my art projects. One of friends' gives me molds and art supplies to help me out with my Creative Paperclay design team because when I joined up with them I had no tools....at all! Thank you Jamie for your lovely gifts of inspiration, these little flower push molds have been such a lifesaver, just like you!

Another one of my friends is always there for me to give me design ideas like using DecoArt Crystal Twinkles for the shell of my snail to help doll her up, because she should sparkle just like Tamiko, someone who is always there for me when I need her.

And I could never be where I am without my other faithful friends who are always there, leaving me comments on the designer blogs which really encourage me and make me smile. Thank you Jean, Anne, Pamela and Tamiko for always being there for me.

Please hop over to the Creative Paperclay blog so you can see my Fairy Garden accessories I made, and I always appreciate anyone who takes the time to leave me a comment.